El Salvador: Conventions Tourism Not Exploited

The country has potential to become a destination for regional and international conventions.

This was stated by Julio César Urban, from the International Association of Congresses and Conventions (ICCA), adding that the Government should foster this type of tourism, as it is a big spender.

"A tourist at a convention spends an average $500 a day, and stays for three days. This is considerably more than the average tourist, who spends $90 a day and stays for six days", told Urban to news website Laprensagrafica.com.

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The delay in the construction of the convention center in Amador and the lack of specific promotion are part of the factors that are preventing exploitation of the potential offered by the country for this tourism segment.

Tourism entrepreneurs believe the country has the basic conditions to become a specialized center for convention tourism, as it has air connectivity, a strategic location, hotel infrastructure and tourist attractions such as the Canal, but this is not being properly utilized.

Lake Atitlan receives over 200 thousand tourists a year, who each spend $118 a day and have an average stay of 1.5 days, generating revenues of $32 million a year.

A joint project by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), in collaboration with the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (Inguat), is promoting the economic development of the Lake Atitlan area through tourism.

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